By bizn_fun 
Red Tractor, a farm and food assurance scheme that ensures its members meet certain standards for food safety, animal welfare and traceability, has suspended Hockenhull Turkey’s certification “pending an independent investigation”.
“We take breaches of these standards extremely seriously and will always act on credible evidence of non-compliance,” a spokesman told the BBC.
It said it had also sent its own assessor to the site to investigate the issues raised by the footage.
Turkeys bred at the site are supplied to farms that use traditional rearing and slaughtering methods to produce higher-quality meat, a standard known as “farmfresh”.
Such Hockenhull turkeys are sold by the luxury department store Harrods.
A Harrods spokeswoman said they did not have a “direct relationship” with Hockenhull Turkeys itself but that a farm supplier that uses their breed of turkey was “now thoroughly and urgently investigating any evidence of a breach in standards from the supplier of Hockenhull poults”.
She added that the farm supplier adhered to strict standards set by the industry body, the Traditional Farmfresh Turkey Association (TFTA).
The BBC has approached the TFTA for comment.
Dale Vince, of the Green Britain Foundation, called for Harrods to suspend supplies from Hockenhull and launch an independent investigation, with the findings made public.
“Anything less is not really living up to their reputation,” he said.
The government’s Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), which monitors animal welfare on farms, is also investigating.
A spokeswoman said: “We take breaches of animal welfare legislation very seriously and will always take action where we find this.”